Thursday, February 7, 2013
High schoolers present a study of downtown and a proposed civic district with a new municipal building to township officials.
Millburn High School's architecture students recently presented a study of downtown Millburn and a proposed civic district with a new municipal building to Millburn Mayor Sandra Haimoff and Deputy Mayor W. Theodore Bourke. “The students did a wonderful job of considering new ideas both for the civic center as well as the ‘green’ thinking that must become a part of our future planning in town," Haimoff said. Local architect Nancy Doughtery, AIA of Studio 1200 who provided design review of the students work joined township officials. The project began with a study of city planning historically. Research was done and ideas presented to the class on planning icons from Hausmann, and L’Enfant, Ebenezer Howard, Le Corbusier, even Walt Disney …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Robert Tillotson declines deputy mayor nomination, W. Theodore Bourke elected for the position.
Millburn's Township Committee decided to maintain the status quo and re-elected Sandra Haimoff as mayor at Wednesday night's re-organization meeting. "I would like to thank the committee for re-electing me as chairman of the committee for another year," Mayor Haimoff said. The returning mayor started her tenth year on the committee after being sworn in. Robert Tillotson was the only committee member that voted against Haimoff's re-election as mayor and declined a nomination as deputy mayor. Tillotson said he could not give the mayor his full support. Therefore, he said, it would be inappropriate for him to serve as deputy mayor. Committee member W. Theodore Bourke nominated him for the post. After Tillotson’s declined the post, the …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. joins Millburn mayor in ribbon cutting of JFK Parkway and Canoe Brook bridges.
The $1.6 million reconstruction of two bridges on Parsonage Hill Road over JFK Parkway and Canoe Brook were completed at the end of last week. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and special guest, Houston Astros Manager and Newark native, Marquis “Bo” Porter, joined Mayor Sandra Haimoff cutting the ribbon over JFK Parkway. "I am just delighted because I no longer have to take 30 minutes to get home I can do back in 5 minutes," Haimoff said, thanking DiVincenzo. "Good job." According to DiVincenzo, the reconstruction of the bridges is part of his ongoing initiative to modern infrastructure and enhance safety on county roads for motorists and pedestrians. “The public relies on our county roads and bridges as avenues to travel to …
rickgee
11:41 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
very curious to hear what town "leaders" shared with students in terms of the master plan for downtown as this is something they've yet to formulate or articulate to anyone else more ›